The Daily Dread - Tracking the spread, 7/31/20

[calimary]

All times Pacific, source: Johns Hopkins/NBC News

At 8:43am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 17,336,970
Deaths worldwide - 675,069
Confirmed cases US - 4,528,328
Deaths US - 153,752

At 8:52am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 17,340,182
Deaths worldwide - 675,1337
Confirmed cases US - 4,531,540
Deaths US - 153,820

At 9:16am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 17,340,281
Deaths worldwide - 675,141
Confirmed cases US - 4,531,639
Deaths US - 153,824

At 9:18am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 17,341,182
Deaths worldwide - 675,160
Confirmed cases US - 4,532,540
Deaths US - 15,843

At 9:24am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 17,341,184 *
Deaths worldwide - 675,160
Confirmed cases US - 4,532,542 *
Deaths US - 153,843

* Here you see a small increase in cases while deaths remain constant. In a time-frame of six minutes (9:18am to 9:24am). Sometimes it's a useful datapoint. Comparison is easier because you have one set of numbers that's a constant, against which you can see the movement in the other set of numbers. At least - seems to me. I didn't take statistics classes in college. This is just observation of trending. Amateur observation of trending. I'm not a professional. But the numbers tell stories and I have been a professional in that.